Immigration Forum / Australia and NZ / August 2008

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Hi.I applied for a GSM Subclass 136 BN visa (from India) on 13th Marc
07. I heard from my case officer on 22nd May 08 requesting fo
documents (IELTS,Medicals & Police Clearance Certificate). The last o
these documents I acquired and sent it to my case officer on 29th Jul

Appreciate if anyone and let know on the usual timeline a decision
maker takes to confirm on a VISA grant decision.  Based on my enquiry
to the immi dept, they had updated that its now waiting for decision
maker allocation and there is some slight delay on allocation of the

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I am an indian in middle east (Oman) since last 2 years; before which
i was in India (Delhi)
What is the procedure for getting the Police clearance for both the
places simultaneously?

I have been in Oman since last 2 years before which i was in
india(Delhi)
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW POLICE CLEARANCE IS DONE FOR INDIANS STAYING IN
MIDDLE EAST (oman)

I have lately sent my dosc to NAATI to approve my overseas skills
(translator from english into russian), if NAATI approves me, I'll be
able to get a Permanent Visa in the future, but I'm very much
concerned of what position I'll be able to take when in OZ (Sydney). I

Sir
,i applied for student visa to austrlia one month back through a
reputed agency
But till the time i did not get visa or date for medical check up...

Hi..
my partner and i applied for our defacto spouse visa with th
australian embassy in Tokyo japan back in January of this year and hav
been apart ever since dec. 2007 due to my japanese working holiday vis

I've been put down as a Cat B on the medical (de facto spouse visa).
Has anyone else been put down as a Cat B and how long did it take you to
get your visa?
I had a letter 6.9.04 advising that they were referring the medical to

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My bf and I sent off his application on Wed and were wondering how lon
they are taking to go through atm?
Has anyone recently applied?
Thanks!!!:wooho

There is no change in the processing date for 175/e-lodged/modl/ files..
stands as 21st November. Can someone tell me.. why?..i had applied in Jan
28th 2008.

Some interesting reading about australia.  Have a read of the comments
made here.
http://robsta.id.au/2005/02/04/hate-australia/